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Loose Teas

Custom Blended Black Teas

Strawberry Tea (with a strawberry-apricot taste)
Cinnamon Toddy Tea (with a cinnamon spice taste)
Key Lime Pie Tea (with a lemon yoghurt taste)
Lavender Tea (with a lavender taste)
Hardwick Rose Tea (with a peach rose taste)
Virginia Sunset Tea (with a strawberry raspberry taste)
Spring Tea (with a lemon pepper taste)
Summer Dream Tea (with a raspberry taste)
Sunflower Tea (with a tropical fruit taste)
Sweet Orange Tea (with an orange taste)
Violet Tea (with a violet taste)
Sparkle Tea (with an almond coconut taste)
Valli's Kitchen Tea (with an almond vanilla taste)
Nutcracker Tea (with a holiday spice taste)
Chocolate Peppermint (with a chocolate peppermint taste)
Spice Pear ( with an exotic spicy pear taste)

Available in 2 oz. bags for $4.00; makes approximately 20 cups of tea.
Also available in 4 oz. bags for $8.00; makes approximately 40 cups of tea.

Hosting my first tea party.
I'm the one on the right.

40 dot sugar cubes in a box for $6.75
These add such a special touch.

Each sugar dot is the equals one ½ teaspoon

Brewing Tea

Brewing Your Tea.......

1. Warm teapot with hot water
2. Heat fresh, cold water following guide:
   • Black tea: 212°F
   • Oolong tea: 195°-210°F
   • Green or white tea: 170°-180°F
3. Discard water in teapot and place 1 teaspoon of tea per cup in pot.
4. Pour hot or boiling water over the tea leaves.
   Agitate occasionally. Steep following guide:
   • Black tea: 3-5 minutes
   • Oolong tea: 4-7 minutes
   • Green or white tea: 2-5 minutes
5. Stir the tea with a long spoon for full flavor before pouring the tea through a strainer into teacups.
6. Pour through strainer into cup. Taste tea before making additions such as milk, lemon or sugar. Milk is generally no added to flavored, green or oolong tea.
7. For a second infusion, pour into your teapot about half as much boiling water as you did initially and steep the same leaves a few minutes longer than your original brew.

Additional hints to improve your tea:

• You should boil fresh water and not reuse water that has already been heated.
• Never allow tea to over steep. It will taste bitter. If you like stronger tea, add more tea leaves rather than infusing longer than recommended.
• Use loose tea and a tea strainer whenever possible to give your tea leaves plenty of room to expand and completely infuse.